Carsten Dominik wrote:
> On 10 apr. 2013, at 12:48, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:16:28PM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>> On 10 apr. 2013, at 11:54, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:32:44AM +0530, Jambunathan K wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> See "Side note" towards the end of this message
>>>>>
>>>>> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14157#8
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This request is common enough; every time it comes up overlays are
>>>> proposed as a solution. It would be good if this is available even as a
>>>> library outside of Org.
>>>
>>> Yes, overlays are better. However, maybe I am just no getting it, but
>>> what is even the purpose of facemenu? AFAICS, the faces are
>>> non-permanent, so when I save the file and reopen it, all the faces
>>> are gone. I really cannot see a useful application for this.
>>
>> AFAIR, the use cases presented so far involved adding highlighting-like
>> information in Org files. If the overlays are generated consistently
>> based on the user's setup, it doesn't matter if they are non-permanent
>> (as in not part of the Org file, but dependent on the Emacs setup
>> instead). Of course this means the highlighting information will not be
>> portable; but I don't think people mind that.
>>
>> I personally do not find any use for the feature as such; although it
>> might be interesting to be able to insert plain text cookies in Org
>> files and have them highlighted in some fashion. I could then use a
>> list of ideas like this:
>>
>> Some topic ...
>> 1. Idea 1
>> 2. Idea 2 (?)
>>
>> where I'm doubtful about idea (2); having (?) highlighted would remind
>> me of that. Just an idea.
>
> Yes, this would make sense if the highlighting would be reestablished
> automatically next time you visit the file. If not, it would be pretty
> useless in my eyes.
IIUC, I do use something similar: automatic highlighting of some words, hooked
on the mode (so, permanent... for me).
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(defface lvn/highlight-face
'((t (:weight normal :slant normal :box '(:line-width 1 :color "#CC0000")
:foreground "#CC0000" :background "#FFFF88")))
"Face for making FIXME and other warnings stand out.")
(defvar lvn/highlight-org-regexps
"\\(FIXME\\|BUG\\|XXX\\|[Ee]rror\\|[Ww]arning\\|WARNING\\)"
"Patterns to highlight (for Org mode only).")
;; set up highlighting of special patterns for Org mode only
(dolist (mode '(org-mode))
(font-lock-add-keywords mode
`((,lvn/highlight-org-regexps 1 'lvn/highlight-face prepend))))
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Best regards,
Seb
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Sebastien Vauban
